SCIENCE
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Question
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renewable natural resources
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nonrenewable natural resources
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Detailed explanation-1: -Renewable resources include the sun, the wind, water, the earth’s heat (geothermal), and biomass. Renewable resources are natural resources that replenish themselves over time or exist on a continual basis.
Detailed explanation-2: -Renewable resources are replenished naturally and over relatively short periods of time. The five major renewable energy resources are solar, wind, water (hydro), biomass, and geothermal.
Detailed explanation-3: -Renewable energy is energy derived from natural sources that are replenished at a higher rate than they are consumed. Sunlight and wind, for example, are such sources that are constantly being replenished. Renewable energy sources are plentiful and all around us.
Detailed explanation-4: -Natural resources are usually either renewable or non-renewable. The former refer to those resources that can renew themselves in time. These include living resources like forests or non-living ones like wind, water, solar energy.
Detailed explanation-5: -Renewable resources are resources that are replenished by the environment over relatively short periods of time.